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Fasting For Life

Ep. 7 - Sleep Deprivation Stalls Fat Loss | Extended Fasting & Metabolism | Stress, Cortisol, Blood Pressure, Ghrelin | Eating Window & Free Fasting Plan

Fasting For Life

Scott Watier

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Get your FREE BOX OF LMNT hydration support for the perfect electrolyte balance for your fasting lifestyle with your first purchase here! In this episode, Dr. Scott and Tommy talk about the not so glamorous topic of sleep! They go into the reasons why sleep is so important along the health and weight loss journey, why it's a major player in insulin resistance, and how it can simultaneously increase hunger, cravings, and your fight or flight response. Also, they review five key components of a good night's sleep. Updates on the challenge round out the episode with testimonials from the week, as well as their plans during the 2020 Vision Fasting Challenge.   Show Transcript: www.thefastingforlife.com/blog   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please tap on the stars below and consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to bring you the best original content each week. We also just enjoy reading them!   Sign up for the Fasting for Life newsletter at www.thefastingforlife.com   Follow Fasting for Life: www.facebook.com/thefastingforlife www.instagram.com/thefastingforlife

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Dr. Scott Watier.

0:03.4

And I'm Tommy Welling, and you're listening to the fasting for life podcast.

0:07.1

This podcast is about using fasting as a tool to regain your health,

0:11.9

achieve ultimate wellness, and live the life you truly deserve.

0:15.0

Each episode is a short conversation on a single topic with immediate actionable steps.

0:20.0

We cover everything from fat loss and health and wellness to the science of lifestyle design.

0:25.0

We started fasting for life because of how fasting has transformed our lives and we hope to share the tools that we have learned along the way. Hey everyone, Dr Scott here, as always.

0:42.6

I am here with my good friend and colleague Tommy Welling.

0:45.6

Good evening to you, sir.

0:47.3

Yeah, Scott, how are you?

0:48.9

Doing awesome, man.

0:51.0

We are rocking and rolling with the challenge. I know you just came off of a Facebook

0:56.3

live on this Tuesday night.

0:58.3

Yeah, I did. We talked about psychology, struggles kind of went into a deep dive of some of the early

1:06.6

transitions and then what happens later during the extended fast talked about self-image, failure points, just a lot of good stuff in there, a lot of good

1:17.4

feedback too.

1:18.4

Yeah, it was awesome.

1:19.6

I was actually on as a guest listening and I was starting to put comments and under the training

1:25.9

video because I was like oh wow yeah I never even realized some of the some of the pain

1:31.2

points you were going through. I was like,

1:32.6

yep, that was me. So it was pretty high opening,

1:38.2

but it was really good stuff.

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